Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 13, 2000, 4:21 PM CST for Dickson County, Houston County, Humphreys County, Tennessee. It was in force for 24 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 13, 2000, 4:21 PM CST (22:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 13, 2000, 4:45 PM CST
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Dickson County, TN, Houston County, TN, Humphreys County, TN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 13, 4:30 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Waverly, TN | Waverly P.D. reported downed power lines at the corner of Mathis Hollow and Young Road. |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 13, 3:45 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 91 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 902 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 398 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 371 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KOHX 132222 SVRBNA TNC043-083-085-132245- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 421 PM CST SUN FEB 13 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... DICKSON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE SOUTHEASTERN HOUSTON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE NORTHERN HUMPHREYS COUNTY IN TENNESSEE THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WAVERLY * UNTIL 445 PM CST * AT 410 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WAVERLY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... OVER MCEWEN AT 430 PM CST 4 MILES WEST OF CHARLOTTE AT 450 PM CST A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST SUNDAY EVENING FOR PARTS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE. DAMAGING HAIL AND WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM MOVE TO A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN NASHVILLE. $$ JLM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 13, 9:06 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman | 24 min |
| Feb 13, 9:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Williamson | 30 min |
| Feb 13, 11:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Benton, Humphreys, Perry | 25 min |
| Feb 13, 11:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Decatur | 25 min |
| Feb 13, 5:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Hickman, Williamson | 29 min |
| Feb 13, 5:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Williamson | 26 min |
| Feb 13, 5:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Davidson | 26 min |
| Feb 13, 5:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson | 35 min |
| Feb 13, 5:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Sumner, Wilson | 35 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.